Overalls.



0.. KRATZ.

OVERALLS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.24.1915.

' 1,152,323, Phtented Aug. 31, 1915.

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OSCAR KRATZ, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR T0 HAMILTON GARH-ABTT, IVLANU- J FACTURER, OF DETROIT, MICHTGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

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I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. er, 19115.

Application filed March 24, 1915. Ser ia1No-. 16,723.

of the straps below the point of crossing independently connected to the garment. This method of construction and connection of the suspenders involves the use of especially provided material, forming relatively long straps, and requires labor incident to the formation of at least three points of connection. I

It is the essential object of the present in- KRATZ, a citivention to eliminate two of such points of' connection and to reduce the amount of material required for the straps, while improving the form of connection for increasing its strength and durability. I

With these and further objects in View, as will in part hereinafter become apparent and in part be stated, the invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, as subsequently specified andlater pointed out in the claims. Y

In the accompanying draWing,,Figure 1 is a view in elevation of parts embodying the features of the present invention, Fig. 2, a fragmentary view of the suspender straps illustrated as arranged just prior to appli cation to the garment,and Fig. 3, a vertlcal section taken on the planeflndicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing .by numerals, 1

indicates a fragment of the rear upper edge portion. of a pair of overalls, or other like garment. The edge contour of the garment t varies from the conventional garment in that the middle portion is extended and portion 2. Extending on the opposite sides.

of the projection 2 are. the terminal flaps 3, 3, of suspender straps 4, 4. The said straps, instead of extending beyond the point of crossing, merely lap each other'on the angle incident to the appropriate location of the straps, and the terminal flap portions 3 of said straps are respectively tapered so that the end of each is formed with an edge paralleling the outer edge of the other. The parts referred to asterminal flaps 3 may be considered those portions of the straps 4. which extend below'athe transverse median line of the lapping portions of the straps, the said median line lying below the straight edge portion 2 of projection 52. The straps 4 are stitched together by stitching 5,which extends along each'edge of each strap for substantially the full distance of the lapping portion of the straps, with the result that the stitching 5, which connects the terminal fiaps 3 together, alsca' connects said flaps with the interposed material of projection 2. It is, of course, obvious that straps 4 are arranged in their proper location with respect'to the projection 2 before the stitching 5 is applied, at least with respect to those portions of the stitching 5 extending along the edges ofthe flaps 3. Merely as a matter of convenience of assemblage, the straps 4: may be united. by stitching 5 along their edges down to the transverse median line of the overlapping portion and then applied to the garment 1, and g5 gested is clearly indicated in Fig. 2, and 18, effective in enabling the construction of the straps by different operatives from those constructing the body of the garment, and

also enabling the assemblage of the parts by still different operatives.

As a means of' further strengthening the connection of the 1 parts, stitching 5 is preferably provided through the flaps 3 and projection 2 of garment 1, and extends along the transverse median line of the lapping portions of, the straps. q

As the stitching at its uppermost point is frequently subjected to considerable shearing stress, a rivet 6 of metal may be employed at this point and caused to penetrate the two straps .to aid in firmly retaining the straps in their given relation.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: I n r 1. The combination, with, a gannegt, of

' Suspender straps therefor having lapping straps having crossing forth.

portions, parts of thelapping portions of the straps also lapping portions of the garment, and means for connecting the lapping portions of the straps fast together and to the garment, substantially as set forth.

2. The Combination, with a garment formed With a tapering portion upstanding from the body of the garment, suspender portions disposed with parts of the crossing portions lapping parts of said tapering portions, and means for securing the lapping portions together and to the material of the tapering substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a garment, of suspender strapshaving lapping portions disposed on each side of the material of the garment, and means for securing the lapping portions fast together and to the material of the garment, substantially as set 4. The combination, with a garment,.of

suspender straps disposed in angular relation portion,

'to each other and one end portion of each overlapping an end portion of the other, ma terial of the garment being disposed between the lapping end portions, and stitching connecting said lapping end portions and penetrating the interposed material of the garment, substantially as set forth.

As a new article of manufacture, a pair of suspender straps crossing each other at one end and terminating at the crossing and being connected at the upperportion of the crossing leaving terminal flaps adapted to be fastened together and to a portion of a garment connected therebetween, substantially as set forth.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Detroit, Michigan this -6th day of March, A. D. nineteen hundred and fifteen. I

OSCAR KRATZ. [1 s.] Witnesses:

M. A. Cos'rnnno, J J AGKSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained foe five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

